Garner E. Shriver

Garner E. Shriver
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 4th district
In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977
Preceded by	Edward H. Rees
Succeeded by	Dan Glickman
Member of the Kansas Senate
In office 1953-1960
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
In office 1947-1951
Personal details
Born	(1912-07-06)July 6, 1912 Towanda, Kansas
Died	March 1, 1998(1998-03-01) (aged 85) Wichita, Kansas
Political party	Republican Party
Alma mater	University of Wichita Washburn Law School

Garner E. Shriver (July 6, 1912 – March 1, 1998) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Biography

Born in Towanda, Kansas, Shriver attended the public schools of Towanda and Wichita. He moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1925. He was in the University of Wichita, B.A., 1934 (postgraduate study at University of Southern California in 1936), and Washburn Law School, LL.B., 1940 and J.D., 1970. He worked for a drug company in Wichita from 1934 to 1936. He was a teacher at South Haven High School in 1936 and 1937. He was admitted to the bar in Wichita in February 1940. He served for three years in the United States Navy as an enlisted man and officer from 1943 to 1946. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1947 to 1951 and then in the Kansas Senate from 1953 to 1960.

Shriver was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977). In 1974, Shriver won with about 49 percent of the vote in a three-way race. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress. He was defeated by Dan Glickman by three percentage points.

After losing reelection, he served as minority staff director and legal counsel for the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee from March 1977 until 1980, and then the committee's general counsel from 1981 to 1982. He later resumed the practice of law and was a resident of Wichita, Kansas, until his death there on March 1, 1998.

References

• United States Congress. "Garner E. Shriver (id: S000388)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-5-20

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